The Indie Top 10 and the Other Top 5: 2.6.98 – 2.8.98

The Indie Top 10 and the Other Top 5: 2.6.98 - 2.8.98

Trimark‘s “Star Kid” and “Eve’s Bayou” remained in the one-two positionatop the leader board, this week, but the relatively high number of screenson which they appear rank their per-screen average near the bottom of theIndie Top Ten.Live‘s “Illtown” continued to disappoint, dropping off morethan 60%, while dropping from 28 screens to 17 one week after expanding to28 from 2. The top three per screen pics this week are the two freshmen,First Run Features “Paul Monette” and Island Digital‘s “General Chaos“, andfour week-old “Full Speed” from Strand Releasing.

In the “Other Top 5” listings, Miramax’s “Good Will Hunting” continued itsstrong pre-Oscar showing, dropping off 19% while approaching the $70million mark. With the film expected to receive several Oscar nods onTuesday, Miramax expanded this film’s exposure by 326 screens on Friday.The other two films in this week’s list to post gains were also favored forOscar nominations, with October’s “The Apostle” picking up 73% over thepast week, and New Line’s “Boogie Nights” expanded by 493 screens andwatched as its weekend gross grew by a whopping 1,163%.

[EDITOR’S NOTE: The Indie Top 10 lists the top grossing EDI trackedfilms distributed by companies not owned or affiliated with major studios orentertainment companies. The Other Top 5 lists the top grossing EDItracked films distributed by companies other than the primary major studios.]